From River Rights to Legal Personhood: Dispositif Analysis of Concept Formation in Legal Practice
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Description Slides accompanying a study of how rivers acquire legal personhood through legal language and institutional arrangements. Drawing on the Whanganui, Atrato, Ganga/Yamuna and Yarra/Birrarung cases, the presentation examines how legal recognition constitutes rivers as subjects while placing their agency within systems of representation, guardianship and governance. Presented at: Towards a Philosophy of Legal Concepts: Hermeneutic Itineraries in Legal Theory, Catanzaro, Italy, 15 October 2026 — From River Rights to Legal Personhood: Dispositif Analysis of Concept Formation in Legal Practice. PSC Posthuman Studies Conference Series, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 12 June 2026 — Emerging Technologies of Legal Subjectivity. The uploaded slides are from the Catanzaro presentation; the Cluj-Napoca version differed slightly.
Author: Gallenberger, Dominik
Institution: Universität Innsbruck
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7222874696